Tie device for wooden structures.



J. W. SLAYTON. I TIE DEVICE IB WOODEN STRUCTURES.

Arrmourox PILBD DB0 31 1 1n 9 i Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Attorneys UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

JOHN W. SLAYTON, OF MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE DEVICE FOR WOODEN STRUCTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 31, 1910.

Patent-ed Apr. 11, 1911.

Serial No. 600,229.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 7. SLAYTON, a citizen of the United States,residing` at McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Tie for Wooden Structures,of which the following is a specication.

In building concrete or other plastic walls, the wooden form or mold forforming the walls is constructed of studding having boards nailedthereto. After the walls have been completed, .it is necessary to removethe form and in doing so, the boards are frequently destroyed or sobattered as to be untitfor further use.

It is the aim of the present invention, therefore, to provide a tie forsecuring the boards to the studding in such a manner that the boards maybe readily removed from the st-udding without danger of .injury and mayconsequently be repeatedly used in building a wall form. While it is notbroadly new to employ ties for this purpose, nevertheless, such ties asare now employed present several disadvantages. In the first place, theyare of such co-nstruction that a portion of the wall equal only to thewidth of a board of the form may be molded at a time. The presentinvention therefore aims to provide a tie so constructed that the formmay be built up to any desired height and the wall then molded therein.A second disadvantage to be found in ties such as occasionally employ-edat the present time, is that they are presented to the material beingmolded and consequently the faceY of a wall constructed in a formembodying these ties will have numerous holes or indentations in itsface which renders it unsightly and makes it necessary that the entirewall be gone over and these indentations filled in.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly insection, illustrating the application of the invention to the elementsof a form for molding a concrete wall. Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesectional view taken in a plane directly beside one piece of studding oft-he form. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective View of the tie removedfrorn the studding and board. Fig. 4 is a front end view of the tieembodying the present invention. p

In the drawings, a piece of studding con stituting one element of theform in connection with which the tie embodying the present invention isused, is indicated by the numeral 5 and two of the boards to be securedin place thereby are indicated by the numeral G. As heretofore stated,it is ati" J present customary, in practically every instance, to nailthe boards 6 to the studding 5 but, also as heretofore stated, thepresent invention contemplates the provision of a tie for holding theboards to the studding.

The tie mentioned above and embodying the present invention is.illustrated in the several figures of the drawings as embodying anattaching sha-nk 7 formed near one end with an opening S for the passageof a nail 9 for securing it in place upon the studding 5. Near its otherend, the shank 7, which by the way is preferably flat, it being formedfrom stout sheet metal, is twisted as at 9 to provide a portion 10 lyingin a plane 75 transverse to the plane of the main portion of the shank.The portion 10 is of considerably less length than the main portion ofthe shank. Further, the portion 10 is split to form pointedsubstantially triangular tongues 11 one of which is bent up and theother bent down, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In using the device embodying the present invention, a nail 9 is driventhrough the 85 opening 8 and into the studding 5 until its head assumesa position near the shank. This leaves the nail in such position that itmay be readily withdrawn from the studding and further allows for slightpivotal movement of the shank, the function for which will presently beexplained. A blow is then struck upon the portion 10 of the shank at thebase of the downwardly presented tongue 11 thereby driving this tongue95 into the top edge of the lower one of the two boards 6 illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The upper one of these two boards is thendisposed against the studding and is lowered until its lower edge comesagainst the pointed end of the upturned one of the tongues 11. The topedge of the board is then given a tap with a hammer which will serve toforce the board down upon the tongue causing the tongue to enter thelower edge of the board. The lower and upper boards will then be firmlyheld at their upper and lower edges respectively, against the studding5. At this point it will be readily understood that owing to the factthat the shank of the tie may have pivotal movement, upon the attachingnail 9, it is not absolutely necessary to exercise care in locating thepoint at which the nail is to be driven into the studding for, shouldthe nail be driven into the studding at a point Iabove that illustratedin Fie. l of the drawing, the shank could then incl ine downwardlytoward its tongue carrying end and it would still perforin its properfunction; or, the point at which the nail is driven into the studdingmay be located below that illustrated in F ig. l of the drawing. Theinclination of the shank at the point inentioned above or below thehorizontal plane of the meeting edges of the board, does not affect theproper engagement of the portion 10 and the tongues ll Carried thereby,be tween the said edges of the board for the simple reason that theshank, being weakened at its twisted portion 9, to a slight degree, maybend at this point, and furthern'iore the tongues 11, in entering theedges of the board will bend to conform to the grain of the wood.

It will be readily understood that a forni constructed of studding andboards held together in-asseinbled relation by the ties einbodying thepresent invention, may be readily taken down afterI a wall has beenmolded therein and without battering the boards or studding andrendering them unt for further use.

By referring to Fig. il of the drawing it will be observed that theadjacent edges of the tongues 11 are in substantially the sarne verticalplane, this being the plane of the main portion of the attaching shankof the tie. The pointed ends of the tongues are foi-ined by cutting theother side edges of the tongues at an angle. Thus, it will be understoodthat in forming the two tongues it is only necessary to inake one splitor out in the portion l0 and then bend the tongues up and downrespectively.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprising a flat attaching shank formedat one end with an opening for the passage of a Seeming ele1nent, theshank near its`other end being twisted to provide a portion lying in aplane transverse to the plane of the shank, and po-inted tongues formedat the last mentioned end of the shank and having their ends presentedin opposite directions, the tongues lying in a plane at right ang-les tothe plane of either portion of the shank.

In testimony that I elaiin the foregoing as my own, I have hereto a'fxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN IV. SLAYTQN.

Witnesses:

JOHN MoDERMoTT, JAMES G. GREGGERsoN.

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Washington, D. G.

